5, August 2016

Nigeria: International Crisis Group says children are dying from lack of food in Bama 0

Children are dying in Bama, a town in Borno state, north-east Nigeria, suffering from lack of food, clean water and medical care reports the International Crisis Group.

They are the most tragic manifestation of the humanitarian fallout of the Boko Haram insurgency and the state response to it, a crisis that now impacts the lives of millions.

The insurgency itself, the aggressive military response to it, and the lack of effective assistance, both national and international, to those caught up in the conflict threaten to create an endless cycle of violence and depredation.

Unless efforts to contain and roll back the current crisis are quickly scaled-up, peace is likely to remain a distant prospect in this region of Nigeria.